Belkin v. Skinner & Eddy Corp.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Jurey, J., entered December .23, 1920, upon tbe verdict of a jury rendered in favor of tbe plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a riveter employed in tbe construction of a vessel.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
— The respondent was injured while riveting a beading around the hatch of a vessel being com *81structed by tbe appellant. Tbe latter appeals from a judgment based on the verdict of tbe jury awarding respondent damages.
There was testimony tending to show tbe following facts: Tbe respondent was an expert riveter. Three persons work with him; one beats tbe rivets or bolts to a white beat and throws them, one at a time, to a companion, who inserts them, while still very hot, in tbe boles which they are to fill. Immediately another man bolds a heavy crowbar, or like instrument, against the rivet,…
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